Aviation Soldiers prepare for deployment

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Hiler, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Kentucky Guardsmen of the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion are on a dismounted patrol during the unit’s pre-mobilization training at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., June 17. The 1204th ASB will deploy to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn later this summer. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Hiler, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Kentucky Guardsmen of the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion re-consolidate after assaulting an enemy position during an exercise to validate their skills in dismounted patrolling at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, June 17. The 1204th ASB departure ceremony is this Saturday, Aug. 27. . (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Hiler, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)